Sega v. State of New York

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding operator of all-terrain vehicle who drove into cable blocking roadway in no-fee State park barred from suing State under statute immunizing landowners who \gratuitously allow persons to use their property for certain enumerated recreational activities\
• court held § 9-103 applied notwithstanding the fact that the State had placed a locked chain across the bridge where the incident occurred to prevent access
• “Generally, a statute is to be construed according to the ordinary meaning of its words, and resort to extrinsic matter is inappropriate when the statutory language is unambiguous and the meaning unequivocal.” (internal citations omitted)
• the statute renders the property owner’s negligence, if any, “immaterial”
• companion case to Sega v. State of New York

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).